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Large language models and their impact in ophthalmology

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The advent of generative artificial intelligence and large language models has ushered in transformative applications within medicine. Specifically in ophthalmology, large language models offer unique opportunities to revolutionise digital eye care, address clinical workflow inefficiencies, and enhance patient experiences across diverse global eye care landscapes. Yet alongside these prospects lie tangible and ethical challenges, encompassing data privacy, security, and the intricacies of embedding large language models into clinical routines. This Viewpoint highlights the promising applications of large language models in ophthalmology, while weighing up the practical and ethical barriers towards their real-world implementation. This Viewpoint seeks to stimulate broader discourse on the potential of large language models in ophthalmology and to galvanise both clinicians and researchers into tackling the prevailing challenges and optimising the benefits of large language models while curtailing the associated risks.

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Authors
Betzler, B. K., Chen, H., Cheng, C.-Y., Lee, C. S., Ning, G., Song, S. J., Lee, A. Y., Kawasaki, R., van Wijngaarden, P., Grzybowski, A., He, M., Li, D., Ran Ran, A., Ting, D. S. W., Teo, K., Ruamviboonsuk, P., Sivaprasad, S., Chaudhary, V., Tadayoni, R., Wang, X., Cheung, C. Y., Zheng, Y., Wang, Y. X., Tham, Y. C., & Wong, T. Y.
Affiliations
  • National University of Singapore (SG)
  • Tsinghua University (CN)
  • University of Washington (US)
  • Kangbuk Samsung Hospital (KR)
  • Osaka University Hospital (JP)
  • Foundation for the Development of Ophthalmology (PL)
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
  • Peking University (CN)
  • Rajavithi Hospital (TH)
  • NIHR Moorfields Biomedical Research Centre (GB)
  • McMaster University (CA)
  • Université Paris Cité (FR)
  • Beihang University (CN)
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK)
  • Sun Yat-sen University (CN)
  • Beijing Tongren Hospital (CN)
  • Singapore National Eye Center (SG)
Corresponding author
Tham, Yih Chung
Venue
The Lancet Digital Health
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2023-12
Volume
5
Issue
12
Pages
e917-e924
ISSN
2589-7500 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W4388922836
Cited by
161
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 52 · 2025: 60 · 2024: 49
FWCI
1.89
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet Digital Health (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion, other-oa)
  • PolyU Institutional Research Archive (Hong Kong Polytechnic University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
  • National Medical Research Council (NMRC/MOH/HCSAINV21nov-0001)
  • National Key Research and Development Program of China (2022YFC2502800)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Ophthalmology and Visual Health Research
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning in Healthcare
Keywords
large language models, ophthalmology, generative AI, clinical workflow, patient experience, data privacy, ethical considerations, clinical implementation
MeSH terms
Artificial Intelligence, Humans, Language, Medicine, Ophthalmology, Privacy

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